Railway-crossing.



H. A. EMRIGK. RAILWAY CROSSING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.29, 1910. Abr. 4

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HARRY A. EMRICK, 0F CASEY, ILLINOIS.

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To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY A. EMnroK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Casey, in the county of Clark and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Crossings, of which 4thefollowing is a specication.

The invention relates to a railway crossing, and more particularly tothe class of turn table track crossings for railways.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a crossing ofthis character in which the track sections at the points of intersectionof the crossing tracks may be shifted so as to aline with the rails ofthe same over which a train is traveling, thus avoiding the pounding ofthe car wheels of such train when passing over the tracks at suchcrossing.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a track crossing inwhich a train may pass over the rails on which the same is travelingwithout interference with the rails of the intersecting track, therebyobviating the pounding of the car wheels and the shocks and jarsincident thereto.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a crossingin which the turn tables supporting the rail sections are securelymounted in bearings to prevent the tilting or in any wise wabblingthereof, the tables being locked in adjusted position and capable ofeasy and quick adjustment.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will hereinafterbe fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointedout in the hereunto appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings z-Figure 1 is a top plan view of a railwaycrossing constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1 showing the turn tables in shifted position. Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. f1 is asimilar view i on the line 1-4. of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal detailsectional view through one of the turn tables. Fig. 6 is a similar Viewshowing the same shifted.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 5 designates the spaced parallelrails of a rail- Specication of Letters Patent.

f Application filed September 29, 1910.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

Serial No. 584,514.

way track and 6 the spaced parallel rails of a cross railway track, theapproaching ends of the said rails 5 and 6 of both tracks being fittedin bearing seats 7 formed in squared bearing blocks 8, the latter beingpreferably constructed from metal and suitably embedded in the trackbed. The rails 5 and 6 of the tracks are secured to spaced cross ties 9in the usual well known manner. Between the approaching ends of thetrack rails 5 and 6 are rail sections 10, the latter forming acontinuation of the rails of the two tracks heretofore mentioned, therail sections 10 being mounted in suitably correspondingly shaped seatsformed in the bearing blocks 8 in an identical manner to the ends of therails 6 of the said track.

Formed in the upper face of each bearing block centrally thereof is acircular recess or counter-seat 11 in which is rotatably mounted a disklike turn table 12, the latter being formed with a depending centralshank or stem 13 which is passed through a correspondingly shapedopening formed in the bearing block 8 and intersecting the said recessor counter-seat 11 therein. The outer or free end of this stem 13 issquared, as at 111, and projects into a cavity 15 formed in theunder-face of the said bearing block. Connected with the squared end 14of the stem 13 is one end of a shifting lever 16, the same beingconfined within the cavity 15 within the bearing block and is free tomove therein. The shifting levers 1G at their outer ends are pivotallyconnected, as at 17, to shifting rods 1S, the latter working throughchannels 19 formed in the bearing blocks 8 and in alinement with eachother, the shifting rods 18 being connected to bellcrank levers 20mounted by means of pivots 21 to one of the cross ties 9 and with thesebell crank levers is also connected an operating rod 22, whereby onmoving the said rod 22 the bell crank levers Will be turned in unisonfor the shifting of the turn tables for a purpose as will be hereinaftermore fully described.

Formed integral with the turn tables 12 and rising from the upper facesthereof are rail lengths 23, the latter being adapted to aline With theadjacent ends of the rails 5 and 6, respectively, of the tracks onactuating the operating rod 22. When the rail lengths 22 are inalinement with the rails 5 and the intermediate rail sections 10 of onetrack it enables a train traveling thereon to pass over the crossing atthe points of inter* section of the cross rails of the crossing trackwithout any possibility of pounding of the car wheels at such points ofintersection of the tracks. Formed in the peripheries of the turntablesl2 are spaced notches 24 and 25, respectively, with either of which isadapted to engage a locking mechanism.

The locking mechanism comprisesshifting bars 26, the same workingthrough suitable channels formed in the bearing blocks 8 and connectedwith or formed integral with these bars 26 are offset locking bolts 27,the latter being adapted to engage either in the notches 24 or notches25 to sustain the turn table locked and the rail lengths 23 in alinementwith either the rails 5 or rails 6 of the said tracks.

The shifting bars 26 are pivotally connected to bell-crank levers 28,the latter being connected by means of pivots 29 to the cross ties 9 andalso connected to these bell crank levers 28 is an operating rod 30, thelatter being arranged in parallelism with and close to the operating rod22, whereby both' of said rods may be conveniently actuated whenrequired. It is of course to be understood that these rods 22 and 30 maybe moved by throw levers (not shown) of the ordinary well known type,which may be positioned at any suitable distance spaced 'from the pointsof intersection of the crossings.

- Projecting from the bearing blocks 8 are outwardly deflected guardrails 3l which latter serve to retain the car wheels upon the trackswhen running onto the rail lengths of the turn tables from the rails 5or 6 of the tracks on the travel of a train thereover in oppositedirections.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and operation ofthe invention is clearly understood, and therefore a more extendedexplanation is omitted.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with the rails of tracks at right angles to eachother, of bearing blocks having central circular-shaped counter seatsand rail receiving seats intersecting the same and opening through themarginal edges thereof and engaged by the rails of the tracks, turntables rotatably held in said circular-shaped counter seats in theblocks and having rail sections rising therefrom to aline with the railsof the tracks, rail lengths supported by the blocks and formingcontinuations of the said track rails between the said blocks, the saidturn tables being provided with notches arranged at right angles to eachother, slidable locking rods arranged parallel with one pair of trackrails and slidably mounted in one rail of the other pairof track railsand having offset locking bolts alternately engaging with the saidnotches for holding the turn tables locked when their rail sections arein alinement with the track rails, and means for simultaneously rotatingthe said turn tables on the unlocking thereof.

2. The combination with the rails of tracks at right angles to eachother, of bearing blocks having central circular-shaped counter seatsand rail receiving seats intersecting the same and opening through themarginal edges thereof and engaged by the rails of the tracks, turntables rotatablyk held in said circular-shaped counter seats in theblocks and having rail sections rising therefrom to aline with the railsof the tracks, rail lengths supported by the blocks and formingcontinuations of the said track rails between the said blocks, the saidturn tables being provided with notches arranged at right angles to eachother, slidable locking rods arranged parallel with one pair of trackrails and slidably mounted in one rail of the other pair of track railsand having offsetlocking bolts alternately engaging with the saidnotches for holding the turn tables locked when their rail sections arein alinement with the track rails, means for simultaneously rotating thesaid turn tables on the unlocking thereof, the said blocks beingprovided with guide rail seats parallel with the rails of the tracks andspaced therefrom, and guard rails fitted in the last-named seats andhaving inturned free ends.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY A. EMRICK.

VWitnesses CLAUDE VICKREY, J. T. GUYER.

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